E/CN.4/2002/24 page 19 1. Czech Republic 42. In its communication of 21 November 2001, the Government of the Czech Republic reported incidents involving far-right organizations and described the measures it had taken to prevent racist crimes. “Out of the total of 391,469 criminal acts detected in the territory of the Czech Republic in 2000, there were 364 crimes with a racial or other extremist background (0.09 per cent). As in 1999, no murder or bodily harm with racist or xenophobic motives resulting in death was committed. “Among the most serious cases (21) from the point of view of the Czech police were: Crimes committed by followers and members of skinhead movement which resulted in bodily harm of persons from Roma origin; Attacks of citizens of Armenia, Bulgaria, Sudan, Iraq and Libya; Crimes committed by 8 citizens of Germany, allegedly members of the skinheads movement. “Out of these 21 cases only 2 have been shelved by the police. In 1 case, the perpetrator remained unknown and 4 are under investigation, 14 of the most serious cases were concluded by the police with a proposal for prosecution and 8 of them have already been concluded by a court of justice sentence. “In 2001, the police reported two serious cases: ‘On 30 June 2001, three Roma were attacked by a group of criminals in Ostrava-Poruba, using knives and gas pistols. One of the victims suffered a serious life-threatening injury. The perpetrators of this attack were arrested for attempted murder pursuant to paragraph 8/1 to paragraph 219/1, 2g of the Criminal Code;’ ‘On 20 July 2001, an individual verbally attacked a group of Roma and stabbed one of them with a knife in a discotheque. The victim died due to serious wounds. The author of the attack has been arrested and is being prosecuted.’ “To counter crimes motivated by racism, the Ministry of the Interior adopted a new resolution on 12 September 2001 with the following components: ‘Collecting and analysing information necessary for administrative proceedings on the dissolution of associations of political parties and movement promoting racism and racial discrimination;’ ‘Documenting criminal activities of extreme right organizations and carrying out police operations when and where necessary;’